Is Campobasso (in Italy) a town or region?

Question

Is Campobasso (in Italy) a town or region?

Answer 1

Campobasso is a city, its the capital of the province of Campobasso and of the region called Molise. (The region has only one another province: Isernia.) Until the 1950s or 60s, Molise was united with the region of Abruzzo and Campobasso was just a province of the larger region called "Abruzzi-Molise".

Answer 2

it is a town in a region called molise...

Answer 3

Campobasso is both a town and a province. In Italy, the provinces are named for a city which is usually the largest one in the province. As noted in the other answer, the region is Molise.

If you're interested, there are pictures of Campobasso on their official website:  http://www.comune.campobasso.it/ Click on Vede le foto moderne ...  You can use the arrows in the upper right of the pictures to page through the photos.

Campobasso has a particularly interesting festival: http://www.imisteri.it/galleria/indexcol...